Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
The contentions
General references
Bible References
Foolish
Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He who fathers a fool does it to his sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Yes, I hated all my labor which I had done under the sun; that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me.
The contentions
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a quarrelsome woman and to share a house.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a quarreling woman and to share a house.
Proverbs 27:15
A never-ending dropping in a very rainy day and a quarrelsome woman are alike.
Job 14:19
The waters wear away the stones; the outpouring of it washes the dust of the earth; and You cause the hope of man to perish.
General references
Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a quarreling woman and to share a house.
Matthew 19:10
His disciples said to Him, If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not good to marry.